Guantánamo: 2002-09?

Guantánamo took its first detainees in January 2002; seven years later Barack Obama's aides say one of his first acts as president will be to order its closure. The process, however, may be difficult and lengthy

Khadr's military tribunal was scheduled to begin in Obama's first week in the White House. Before the US president filed a motion to suspend such trials, human rights groups said he would have been seen endorsing the prosecution of a child soldier if it went ahead